Wagon-box.



No. 864,296. PATENTED AUG. 27,- 1907.

E. PALKNBR.

WAGON BOX.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 27', 1907.

Application filed December 17,1906. Serial No. 348,206.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ELIJAII FALKNER, a citizen of the United States,residing at Huntingdon, in the county of larroll and State of Tennessee,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Wagon-Boxes, ofwhich the following is a specification.

This invention is a wagon-box, and has for its object to provide aconstruction whereby an ordinary farm wagon may be converted into apassengerwagon.

A further object is to provide a combined end-gate and step. i

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a plan view of a wagon-boxconstructed in accordance with my invention. Fig. 2 is a plan viewshowing the box arranged for carrying passengers. Fig. 3 is a crosssection on the line 33 of Fig. 1. Figs. 4 and 5 are sectionson the lines4-4 and 55, respectively, of Fi 2. Fig. 6 is a side elevation.

Referring specifically to the drawings, 10 denotes the floor, and 11 thefront end of a wagon-box. The sides of the box comprise top and bottomsections 13 and 12, respectively, which are connected by hinges 14 insuch a manner that the top sections may be folded inwardly as shown inFigs. 2, 4 and 5 to form seats. The hinges 14 are preferably providedwith movable pintles so that the top sections can be readily removed ifdesired. 7

On the outside of the bottom section 12 are standards 15 at the top ofwhich are secured longitudinal bars 16 which serve as back rests whenthe top sections are folded to form seats. The standards are secured insuitable keepers 17 on the outside of the bottom sections. When thesections 13 are in upright position, their top edges are flush with thetop edges of the bars 16. The sections 13 are locked in upright positionby pivoted catches 18 engageable with pins 19 extending from the topedges of the bars 16. Upon disengaging the catches the sections 13 canbe readily folded to form the seats. On the inner side of the sections12 are keepers 20 so that if desired the standards 15 may be placedtherein thus bringing the back rests forwardly or nearer the backs ofthe passengers. The construction of the hinges 14 is such that thesections 13 will swing away sufliciently from the sections 12 to permitthe standards to be inserted into the keepers 20.

The end-gate 21 is hinged to the rear end of the floor 10 many suitablemanner, and has a rearward horizontal extension 22 to form a seat. Atthe end of the extension is a back rest 23. When the gate is swung openthe parts 22 and 23 form a step as shown by dotted lines in Fig. 5. Theend-gate is held closed by a suitable catch 24, and it is also connectedby chains 25 to the sides of the wagonbox to limit its downward swing.On the end-gate 21 and the front 1.1 of the wagon-box are brackets 26for supporting the sections 13 when they are in folded position. Therear ends of the back rests are enlarged as at 27 to extend across thegap between the rear endof the sections 13 and the part 23.

By the construction herein described the change from a freight to apassenger wagon can be quickly made, and the parts can be readilyapplied to any ordinary wagon-box, no specially constructed box beingrequired. The end-gate construction increases the seating capacity ofthe wagon and also facilitates the ingress and egress of the passengers.

I claim 1. In a \vagon-box, a side-wall comprising a bottom section, andatop section hinged thereto to fold downwardly and form a seat, a barsecured to the bottom section and extending lengthwise behind the topsection, and means for locking the top section to the bar.

2. In a wagon-box, a side-wall comprising a bottom section, and a topsection hinged thereto to fold downwardly and form a seat, keepers onthe bottom section, standards in the keepers, and a longitudinal bar atthe top of the standards and above the bottom sections to form a backrest.

3. In a wagon-box, an end-gate having at the top a horizontal rearwardextension and an upward extension at the end of the rearward extensionto form a step when the end-gate is open, and a seat when it is closed.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature, in presence of two Witnesses.

ELLTAII FALKNER.

Witnesses Jo. MCCRACKEN, F. A. HALLADAY.

